Emily: Well, Spencer, it's your big night. You ready for your close-up? Maybe we should ask your daddy that question.
Nikolas: Okay, I admit I've been kind of anxious about your stage debut. But playing baby Jesus is a big role for such a little guy. But you did good in rehearsal and Emily's been so loving and encouraging, I'm finally okay -- I'm more than okay.
Emily: Hmm.
Nikolas: It's going to be a great night. Nothing's going to spoil it.
"Carol of the Bells" plays.
Woman: Timmy, slow down. Sorry. We're all caught up in the spirit of the season.
Helena: Indeed.
Woman: We haven't even started rehearsal, Timmy. You can slow down.
Colleen: Oh. Excuse me, Father.
Priest: Sorry, sorry.
Colleen: I'm still finding my way around here.
Priest: We're all finding our way. Enjoy the evening.
Colleen: Hmm.
"Joy to the world" plays.
Father Coates: Nikolas? Thank you for loaning us your son tonight, not to mention your generous donation to the Parish Homeless Program.
Nikolas: My pleasure on both fronts.
Father Coates: Emily, thank you for your family's matching donation to the Youth Project.
Emily: Oh, we're glad to help.
Father Coates: Yeah, my new Youth Minister is here somewhere. I was hoping you could meet and maybe set up a time to speak at a meeting. It's great for the kids to have tangible examples.
Emily: Oh, sure. No problem.
Father Coates: Great. I'll go see if I can find him. Thanks.
Emily: Okay.
Mike: Hey, guys. How are you?
Emily: Hey. Michael and Morgan are going to be so happy that you came.
Mike: Well, not only would I not miss my three grandsons in the same play together, but I'm recording it for posterity.
Nikolas: Hey, why didn't I think of that?
Mike: Well, it turns out you didn't have to. Will you look at that? Sound asleep. This kid will never have stage fright.
Emily: Think he takes after his father.
Nikolas: Yeah. Hey, let me -- let me show you the manger, so you can get a good shot of him when he's in there.
Mike: Oh, terrific. Right. I see.
Nikolas: I don't know. Apparently, there's some dome lighting the sky --
Father Coates: Her family makes regular donations to the Youth Project, so, as the new youth minister, I thought you'd want to say hello. Her name's Emily Quartermaine.
Priest: Oh, Quartermaine. I've heard the name.
Father Coates: Good.
Emily: I know you're playing baby Jesus, Spencer, but you look like an angel. There won't be one person who won't want to take you home after tonight's brilliant performance.
Christmas music plays.
Alfred: Ah. Miss Emily.
Emily: Hi.
Alfred: Have you seen Mr. Nikolas?
Emily: He's over there with Mike.
Alfred: Ah.
Woman: Oh. Oh -- you're new. We'll make proper introductions later. For now, the more, the merrier.
Alfred: I stopped by the police station to inquire. So far, there's no forensic report available on the scene of the parapet.
Nikolas: Okay. Just so you know, I haven't told Emily about what we found up there. I don't want to upset her.
Alfred: Of course. You can count on my discretion. Something strikes me as odd, Sir.
Nikolas: Tell me.
Alfred: Well, if someone had been held against their will and managed to escape, why not notify someone at the house rather than disappearing?
Nikolas: All I know is a lot more went on in my home then I knew about and I don't like it. I want answers.
Alfred: Yes.
Choir:: Little Town of Bethlehem how still we see the light ooh, ooh, ooh
Woman: "In the days of Caesar Augustus, a decree went out that the whole world should be taxed. So all went to the enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph, too, went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to the city of Bthlehem to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. When they reached Bethlehem, they lodged in a stable, for there was no room for them at the inn."
Michael: "Let us rest here in the stable."
Woman: "While they were there, the time came for Mary to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger."
Carly: Oh.
Sonny: Looks like I got here just in time.
Choir: hums.
Alan: "Over 2,000 years ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary who was married to a carpenter named Joseph. One day, an angel appeared to her and said 'do not be afraid. You have been chosen to carry a special child. The baby will be the son of God, and you must call him Jesus.' Not long after, a decree went out that everyone had to enroll to pay taxes. So Joseph went to the city called Bethlehem to be enrolled with Mary, who was now with child."
Alan: "It was there that she gave birth to the babe in the manger because there was no room for them at the inn. There was a shepherd living in the nearby fields keeping watch over his flock. An angel appeared to him. He cowered in fear."
Boy: "Why have you come, angel?"
Woman: "The angel said 'do not be afraid. For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For today, in the city of David, a savior is born, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you. You will find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.'"
Michael: "Look yonder. A heavenly host of angels."
Woman: "And suddenly, there were a multitude of heavenly hosts praising god and singing."
Choir:: Hark the herald angels sing glory to the new-born king
Woman: "And then, a star rose in the east and came to rest above the stable. And kings from the east came following the star. When the kings found baby Jesus, the did him homage. And then, they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And the star shone down and others followed it, coming to offer the Christ child their own gifts."
Michael: "Play, little drummer boy. Play your best."
Morgan: Dad?
Laughter.
Woman: Focus, everyone.
Michael: Uh -- "play, drummer boy. Play your best."
Laughter.
Michael: "Of all the gifts brought to baby Jesus, yours is the one that made him smile, because it was given out of love."
Woman: "And so, on that night in Bethlehem, a child was born to bring light and hope to the whole world. Let there be peace on earth and goodwill to all people."
Choir:: Joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king let every heart prepare him room
Nikolas: Look at that. That smile. He's so happy right now, I'm just going to leave him in there. Okay, you were right. I didn't have anything to worry about.
Emily: See? Now you can be as proud of Spencer as I am of you. It's getting colder, so I'm going to go to the car and get a blanket for Spencer, okay?
Nikolas: Okay.
Emily: All right.
Mike: Hey, Nikolas --
Nikolas: Yeah?
Mike: Take a look at this, huh? Is that great?
Nikolas: Yes, it is.
Mike: Isn't it? Look at that. That smile.
Music plays.
Sonny: Can I tell you something? You were, like, incredible in that pageant.
Michael: Could you even notice that the camel had missed his cue? That means that he didn't come in when he was supposed to.
Sonny: I didn't notice.
Michael: You didn't?
Carly: I think you were the best Joseph, ever.
Sonny: I'm very proud of you, buddy.
Michael: Thanks.
Max: Hey, Joseph, need a ride?
Carly laughs.
Max: Get in there.
Sonny: Where's Morgan?
Emily: Okay. Here you go.
Nikolas: Thanks.
Father Coates: Nikolas, it was so kind of you to allow Spencer to play baby Jesus.
Nikolas: Oh, no, that's okay. I had a few concerns there in the beginning, but I think Spencer enjoyed his stage debut.
Father Coates chuckles.
Father Coates: Well, we appreciate your support.
Nikolas: Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Father Coates: Merry Christmas to you.
Nikolas: Okay.
"In Excelsis Gloria" plays.